With 187 guests and 38 students registered to attend the graduation ceremony this year I am busy, busy getting everything prepared. I will be creating the slideshow this weekend so Friday, May 24th- TOMORROW is the last day to submit baby photos of your child. The 2nd last field trip of the year will be Friday, May 31st at Turner's Farm. Please let me know if you and/or your child will be attending the 9:30-11:30 or 12:30-2:30 session.I am off to the Manitoba Child Care Association Conference in Winnipeg this evening until Saturday. I am looking forward to attending my 2 day presentation. See you next week!

You may have noticed your child(ren) talking about the life cycle of a butterfly, perhaps not in so many words. That is what we have been learning about during this short week and a bit of last. Once we discussed that the caterpillar builds and goes into a cocoon (not a raccoon) we were able to open our minds to the wonderful world of this creature. The kids seem to be very fascinated by the facts, such as a butterfly cannot fly when it is cold because the flood cannot flow to the wings until it warms up. They have also enjoyed mimicking the butterfly's straw-like tongue that it sticks into the flower for nectar. We have began a project we will use for the gradation which has so far consisted of painting, sparkling, decorating and laminating butterflies. We can't wait to show them off in 3 weeks!!!

2013 Nursery School GraduationSouris School GymnasiumThursday, June 13th 2013Ceremony to begin at 6:00 p.m.

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All children of the Nursery School will be included in the performances and awards. All families and friends of Nursery School children are invited to attend our graduation celebration.The end-of-year graduation celebration will occur on Thursday, June 13th 2013 in the gymnasium of Souris School. The ceremony will begin at 6:00 p.m. and we intend for it to last up to one hour including songs and presentation of awards to all Nursery School children. There will be 30 minutes after the presentations for mingling and Nursery School/School-age Program sign-up for 2013-2014. Please note that sign-up for our school programs (Nursery School and Before/After School) is on a first come/first serve basis.Everyone please let me know the approximate number of seats your family will require at the celebration (not counting your child in Nursery School). This will help us determine necessary seating, refreshment/snack count and set-up. As always, you may text, email, call or let me know in person. Also I need photos for the slideshow- please bring in or email me one baby picture of your child. I would like to have attendance numbers confirmed and pictures received by FRIDAY, MAY 17th.Every family will be asked to provide either cookies (all ingredients must be nut free) or juice boxes/water bottles, AND participate in set-up or clean-up of the gym. Sign-up sheets will be posted at the Nursery School as soon as I have heard from all families about attendance. ~Melony

ATTENTION PARENTS: Please note that the last days of Nursery School for this year are Monday, June 10th and Tuesday, June 11th.

If you have spoken with me about registering your child for next year please confirm your registered days with me as we now have 3 full classes for next year! If you have not registered for next year please do so as soon as possible! Classes are filling up FAST!

As a follow-up to our visit to the Post Office we have created a letter writing area and post office right inside our own classroom. Children are able to create letter, address envelopes, stamp them and mail their creations to one another. Maybe you've received one of Come on in and have a look!

Turtles, T-Rex, a casT, a belT and a train... of course it's show & share for letter T. Not photographed were also a teabag, a tomato, toast, tickles and a story about a trip. Great work Nursery School! It is always exciting to see what you have to show us at the end of each month.

The Nursery School children were challenged to be SUPER green this month by turning off the lights, saving water and of course reducing, reusing, recycling and RETHINKING!Here are the books that helped us remember why it is important to be green everyday. Below are a few of our award recipients.

Last week we finally got a chance to visit the Hydro Station in Souris. Due to cold weather, wind-chill, schedule conflicts and busy hydro plans our trip was rescheduled four times this year. The morning classes had a chilly visit to see the truck and shop. We learned about safety around electricity and what to do if our ball goes near a hydro station. We watched Dean climb the hydro pole with his boot spurs. Some of us attempted to hold onto his very heavy tool belt. One child nearly tipped right over! Some of us decided it would be fun to be a lineman and help others with their electricity. The rest of us will just continue to enjoy the luxuries electricity brings us.-M.Frieze

The children have been enjoying the water container in the classroom. We have been experimenting with color mixing, measuring, floating/sinking objects and lots of basic "what will it do?". The turkey baster proved to be an interesting thing to try, as well as the squirting fish and sea animals. This was a great way to incorporate learning in a fun, simple activity area.